Ask HPL: MYLink Library Card

Check out from other libraries using your HPL library card!  With your MYLink card you can search other libraries holdings and borrow if you aren't able to find what you need through Houston Public Library. 

• Get a MYLink card
• Search SHAREit 
• SHAREit Tutorial Video
• Questions?  Call 832-393-1447

• ILL materials may take two to six weeks to arrive. If you have questions about your request, contact the ILL department at 832-393-1447.  
• Maximum number of active requests is five (5). This includes pending requests and items currently checked out.  
• Interlibrary Loan items that are damaged and/or lost will be billed at the cost determined by the lending library.   
• Late fees will be forgiven for ILL items once the item is returned.
• To request and receive ILL items, you must have a current Houston Public Library card in good standing.  
• ILL materials must be checked out with your Houston Public Library card.  
• Requests for items owned by Houston Public Library will be canceled even if the material is available for library-use only.  
• Check out period is three (3) weeks with No Renewals.  
• ILL requests will count towards the 30 hold limit on Houston Public Library materials.  
• If an ILL request is received when a customer has 30 holds, the ILL cannot be processed. The customer will be notified that a hold must be cleared for the ILL request to be received.